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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-15
DIED OF STARVATION.
The SON OF a wealthy Californian Pound
Head In New Nsrk.

Ngw York, April l5.--The Mail and
Express says: Those who know Prim-
rose Hopping, son of the wealthy VIM.
Hopping. of'Cslifornis, made an investi.
gstien to-day Of the case of a man who
died at a lodging house at 50 Bowery
Street yesterday morning from starva-
tion and exhaustion, aud are convinced
that the dead man is young Hopping.
1t was stated that lately all attemps to
help the young man had proved futile
and he showed no desire to help himself.
He had distant connections through
marriage in the city, and the last they
saw OF hlm was just previous to the holi-
days. when he appeared to be in very
destitute condition and was given an op-
rortuuity by them to make a new start
in the world. They say he was we'll
educated and of an excellent family. He
became infatuated with a female member
in an opera troupe playing in California
aud having good voice Joined the
troupe. After the company disbauded
aud the object of his infatuatioa had dis
appeared he shipped as sailor on
fishing vessel and was wrecked. After
this he tbrned up in this, city. Il
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TElEcRAPHIC NEWS
ExECrTIvR CLEMENCY.
a Number of Federal Prisoners Par
doneti.

WASHINGTON, April l5.-The Presi-
dent has taken action on the applications
for pardon in the following cases: II. IL.
Meags; who was convicted of abstracting
money from the mail and sentenced to
nine years imprisonment IN Chester,
Illinois. was pardoned.
w. r. Barnum, who is serving ayear's
eentence in the Southern Illinois peni-
tentiary for breaking into the postoffice
with intent to steal, was pardoned, and
pardon was denied in the case of G.. II.
Doherty, convicted of violation of the
election laws. Favorable action was
taken on the application for pardon OF
John Smith, confined in an Ark ansas pen
itentiary for assault with intent to kill.
In the case of Selah c. CARL, convicted
of counterf-iting and sentenced to 10
years in Erie county penltentiary, the
President eommuted the sentence TO sew
en- years imprisonment. He has already
been in prison about seven years. Par
dons were granted in the following cases;
Eugene b. Walton, late teller of the
First National Bank of New York, con-
victed Of making false entries; Stephen
III. Russell. convicted in Massachusetts
of counterfeitine; VIM. II. Overhslt, con-
'victed Of robbing the mails aud sentenced
to ten years imprisonment in the
Southern Illinois penitentiary.
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Cham ne lain Threaiened.

LONDON, April l5.-The language by
Chamberlain in speaking at meetings in
Ayr has melted the Irish against him.
and be has received numerous letters
warning him that he will not leave Scot
land alive.
IL is asserted that during his tour
through Scotland Chamberlain will be
attended by private guards.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-15
9OBBssG THE MAILS.
A Clerk In ahe Toledo POsG0ssfce Ar
rested.

TOLEDO. Ohio, April l5.-Yesterday
afternoon Edward w. Cody, night dis
tributlng clerk 10 the postoifce, was ar
rested by Deputy u. S. Marshal Breed
for robbing the mails. Cody is unmar-
ried, about q years old, and has been in
the postofflce about five years, The only
letters he distracted were those addressed
to the Blade newspaper. He was caught
by means of decoy letters. The Blade
first noticed the loss last November, aud
estimates the stealings since then at be-
tween 80, 900 and $4,000
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try. Pittsburg is to be specially
favored in conducting business by the
National District. 1t is expected that
the headquarters will be here. The off.
GERS will consist of Master Workman,
Grand Worthy Foreman and an executive
board of seven. 1t is argued that as
Pittsburg is the stronghold OF the iron
workers, that the affairs of the National
District should be transacted here. Sub
districts will be located in every iron
center in the country. including Chicago,
New York, Cincinnati and st. Louis.
gOEBssG TME MAILS.
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THE wool DEALERS PETITION.
The Interstate Commission Asked to
suspend sectisn 4.

SAN Francisco, April l5 - The petit
ton of the committee representing the
wool dealers OF California, asking the
Interstate Commerce Commission to sus-
pend Section 4 OF the Interstate Com
merce law, in transportation of wool to
the East, was telegraphed to Chairman
Cooley at Washington to-day.
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A FATAL ROCK SLIDE.
Eight or Ten Men Killed and several Hn-
jureG.

DENVER, COL. April Is. = A Boena
Vista special says: A rock slide occurred
in a deep cut on the works Of kyner,
Higbee and Bernard, on the midland grade
near this place, in which Mr.. Bernard was
badly injured and several men killed.
The full extent Of the disaster cant be
learned at this time. Doctors Mattoon
and Lusbman have gone out to the works.
1t is safe to say that eighror ten men
have lost their lives and several others
more or less injured.
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A FALL IN swEErEsIsG.
sugar Lower Than Ever Before ON the
Coast.

SAN FRANCISCO, April l5.-The Cali.
fornia Sugar Refinery to-day made re-
duction of oue-eighth of cent on all
white refined sugar. An eighth of cent
reduction was also made within the past
week. This makes the present price of
crushed 81 and dry granulated 81 cents.
These prices are lower than sugar has
ever been on the Pacific Coast, aud said
to be lower than rehued sugar in New
York.
THE WOOL DEALERS PETITION.
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no benefit. Yours truly,
POM 4 LAWSON.
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FoLsoM, Call used Butte-Tine in chronic
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supply TO J. W Haines Genoa, New, and obige
yours truly, +, Q. DURANT, M. f.
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SANTA Abe,
Pleasing to the Palate and Death TO n
Cough.

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CHARLES c. OvHRSitrNrR
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Wfnnemucca, December 1, 1888
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by N. LEVY Il Co.. Winnie
, 1887-04-15

OF the large sharks one of the
est is the ''fox shark" or "thrasher." 1t
is found on the British and on the Medi-
|terranean and Atlantic coast, as also on
the coasts of California and New Zealand.
The ''thrasher" reaches a length of fiji
teen feet, of which the tail takes more
than one-half and is quite harmless TO
man. 1t follows the shoals of herrings,
pilchards and sprats in their migra-
tons, destroying incredible numbers. Its
methods of attack gives it its name, us in
feeding it uses the long tail for splashing
the surface of the water, while it swims
III gradually decreasing circles around a
shoal of fishes which are thus kept sc
crowded together as to fall an easy prey
to their enemy. Gunther does not credit
the statement that it has been seen to at
tack whales and other large cetaceans,
and thinks they rest upon erroneous OBJ
servations.
The 'basking shark" Is the largest OF
the North Atlantic sharks, growing to n
length of more than thirty feet On the
west coast of Ireland it is chased for the
oil, which is extracted from the liver,
one fish yielding from n ton to a ton and
a half. 1t derives its name from the fact
that many specimens may be seen in calm
weather lying together motionless, with
the upper part OF the back raised above
the surface of the water. American
Angler.
, 1887-04-15
Emmy LIZ.


What Il truly beautiful world VT live inl
Nature gives us grandeur OF mountains,
glens and oceans, and thousands OF means
of enjoyment. We can desire no better
when in perfect health; but how. often do
the majority of people feel like giving it
up disheartened, discouraged and worn
out with disease, when there is no occa-
sion for this feeling, as every sufferer can
easily obtain satisfactory proof, that
GREEN'S August Fioi1er will make them
free from disease, as when born. Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct
causes of IS per cent OF such malhdies as
Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick Headache,
Costiveness, Nervous Prostration, Dizzi-
ness of the Head, Palpitation of the
Heart, and other distressing symptoms.
Three doses OF august F3ouer will prove
its wonderful effect. Sample bottles, ten
cents. Try il.
, 1887-04-15

In the new Life of Claiming, says a
correspondent, an Englishman who mis-
placed his his is said to have disturbed
the fastidiousness of his hearers at an
important meeting. They are very par
ticd!ar about their his in America, and
nearani, detects one out of place. 1t
MAS, however, my lot once, and oul
once. though | listened carefully for it at
EVER church. theatre and meeting that
! HtteHdrd. 1t was on this wise: | went
,, Tie museum in Washington where the
trophies Of the great war are collected.
We were shown over by IN excellent
guide, a compound of clerk and porter.
After looking at a great number Of things,
unaitracuve to me, l confess, our mar
C.. 1, us with a flag in his hand. you
are English. gentlemen he said. land
this will interest you; this was taken on
the lIalabana." saw at once that my
opportunity had come, and, clasping his
uinl l raid: Where do you come from,
my MANI From Halfreron, in Derby
shire, sir, lie said. SO | was bafied
again. ST. James Gazette.
, 1887-04-15
Foreign Notes.

LONDON, April l4.-Sir George Ire
vlyan, one of the Unionist leaders and
formerly chief secretary of Ireland, has
written a letter on the coercion bill, which
is tantamount to a manifesto against that
measure. He says really the bill is
chiefly aimed at politicians and editors
opposed to the governments policy. and
therefore that notorious partlsans like
Mr.. Holmes, the present attorney general
of Ireland. and Col. King Hartman, the
new y appointed parliamentary secretary
tor Ireland, were unfit to administer the
law if passed. mo true Liberal he
said. ought to entrust suen powers to
them
In the election yesterday for IN ,mbcrs
of the Liberal Association in the Birming
ham division, represented in parliament
by John Bright, all the Gladstonian can
didates were returned by large maiorities
over the Unionists.
, 1887-04-15

Another omancc originating in the
Custer massacre has been discovered in
connection with the gold watch worn by
Lieut. Crittcnden, who also persisted by
the Nongcful bullets and knives of Sitting
Bulls people. The watch was u present
which his father, Gen. Crittenden, had
purchased in England some time before.
1t became the booty of a Sioux warrior,
who, i'll due season, after crossing the
line, sold it TO n Canadian rancher or far
mer. The purchaser, suspecting there
must DO some history connected with it,
wrote tosthc maker in England, describ-
ing the watch and stating its number.
The maker wrote back that the watch
hal been sold originally TO Gen. Crittcn.
den, Of the United States army. There
upon the Canadian communicated with
the general, who promptly repurchased
the watch, and it now hangs in his bed
o in New York City, Il sad memorial
Of the fate that bcfoll his brave boy.
Kansas City Journal.
, 1887-04-15
PICK DAVIS MAGNETIC TABLE.
A Picoo OF Furniture on Which the
owner Won Thousands.

DNhfA "
For ten wears past there has stood in
the corner of the billiard room Of the
principal hotel in this town a rickety old
card table. Its worthlcssncss caused it
to remain in the place during the changes
of the hotels many proprietorships. 1t
was n round table covered with an old
gray army blanket, tackled TO the edge
through IA long strip Of leather. At
regular distances were four pieces of tin
clumsily nailed down for the players to
lay their lighted cigars IN. In late years
its -four rudely made legs Were so shaky
that no one cared to teeter his chips on
the table. and it was chiefly used by the
guc,ts to throw their coats and hats on
when they went to their meals. For a
long time the present proprietor always
said when he looked at the table that he
''intcnded to clear it out tomorrow and
get 4 new one but somehow this was
not done until lately; perhaps then only
because people began to tear their Dat
on the nails, and their impromptu re-
marks on the subject tended to compli-
cate matters.
1t was after u double barrel explosion
of this kind the other day that the pro-
prietor told his bartender to cut the cover
off the table and make kindling wood Of
the cussed thing. The bartender whipped
ont his wife and began to carve the
blanket. He had just made one savage
slash and had started u second when his
knife struck against something metallic.
lie then ripped the cover off and found a
steel plate nine inches long and six
inches wide, which was set flush into the
table. The plate was about a foot from
the edge and pierced with 1 dozen holes.
Every one wondered what it was for, and
an old townsman remembered that the
table had been brought there from Vir-
ginia City years ago, and presumed it
was used i'll the early days to play some
kind of cribbage. When the table began
to be chopped up a light was thrown on
the character of the table; for underneath
the top, concealed on a little shelf BY
one of the legs. were u small battery,
coils of wire and some complicated ma
chinery connected with one of the tin
plates. These were covered with rust
and dust.
Then the old townsman woke up and
remembered seeing in days gone by a man
named Pick Davis win 81. 900 at dice or
that very table, from a cattle man, in
about fifteen seconds, besides picking UP
sundry thousands and hundreds at other
times from those who were %gambingly in
clined. Two drinks also caused the old
townsman to suddenly recollect that
Davis came down to Muscel Slough-as
Hanford was called then-from Virginia
City with a big reputation as a dip
chuckcr, " and the boys came in from far
and near to buck him. 1t was said that
Davis had won over 800, 900 at dice in
the mines, where he was called Lucky
Pick AS he was not found out in his
play he is alive to-day, but he has changed
his name and OWNS a big ranch in the San
joaquin valley. So it is seen that one way
to wealth and respectability has been for
Il ''sure thing man." in the discovery Of
a magnetic outfit to do up people with
dice, and not to get caught because he got
in his work single handed. -Hanford
(Cal.D Cor. New York Sun.
, 1887-04-15

The supply of railroad ties is Il matter
of growing Importance for the New Eng
land farmer. and certain experiments
made at the suggestion OF Professor Sar-
gent by the Boston and Providence rail
road have an Important bearing on it.
FiftN-twO lies were laid in December,
1873, ON Il track in Boston where the
traffic is very heavy, having an average
of siNty-tivc trains daily. Ten kinds OF
wood were tried. five in the natural state
and five creosoted. NoI . of the ties
rotted, except one of the ailantus; the
Others that had to bc removed had been
injured by the hammering of the trains.
Spruce. hernlock, larch and south
ern pine have all suffered badly
in this wa. White oak lasted
well, but il holds the spikes so firmly that
they cannot be drawn when the rail-
have to lie shifted. Creosoted elm and
birch did well, and are to be recon.
mended. Chestnut was, unfortunately,
not included in the experiment, although
it is considered one of the best woods fol
ties. The behavior of the catalpa wa
II OF the most interesting features of the
case; ii has been highly spoken of for ties
on account of its practical indestructi-
bility when placed in the soil, and all the
ties OF this wood here tried are still sound,
except Just under the rails, where they
are crushed nearly to pulp, SO as TO be OF
no service whatever for roads of heavy
traffic. Science.
, 1887-04-15

Ever live on a yacht? No. Well.
listen to the way James Gordon Bennett
entertains on the N;amouna: A French
cook furnishes the finest eating and an
Alderno, COW is carried in n zinc stall on
the boat, 40 that the choicest of fresh milk
can be had at every meal. The daily life
Is un inspiration. In the morning coffee
and fruit are served in the s;atcrooms be-
fore the people arise. Then a bath, where
q servant Is furnished who rubs the
guests down with the choicest Turkish
towel. Thea marmalade and sweet,
and about / O'Clock breakfast in elegant
shape Dinner in the evening, with all
the suriutrdir 70 that would tend 10 make
n MAJ satisfied with his lot-New York
Mail and Exri,ss.
, 1887-04-15
\ sAILoa,s sucoessful. ausE.
Tho Cook In n Fit-Was the Man Sham
mings-IIis Discharge.


During the passage n circumstance oc-
cured which will illustrate to the reader
the extreme to which some men will re
sort in order to ecure n discharge from
naval service. One bright Sunday morn
ing our ship, under steam and easy sail,
was forging ahead and making from
seven to eight knots with n fair wind.
The crew Were assembled at quarters and
the ceremony of inspection having been
performed the retreat was sounded and
tho men dismissed from their stations.
suddenly Il blood curdling shrek was
heard. and the assistant ships cook fell
to the deck writing in agony and froth-
ing at the mouth. The surgeon follow ed
by his assistants hurriedly repaired to the
spot. and the cook was ordered to be at
once conveyed to the sick bay or hospital.
Hero the surgeon worked for hours,
lancing the mans temples, applying
leeches and performing other surgical
operations deemed necessary in the pres
cnt case.
Strange to relate, the cook was found
to have entirely lost his speech, and,
although able to hear, could make no
response to the inquiries of the surgeon
as to the state of his feelings. Lee, the
cook, was u native of New York, and
one of the most determined looking men
| ever remember to have met. He was
now kindly cared for by Lieut.. De Long,
who, at his own expense, furnished the
cook with meals from the ward room
mess. The latter was furnished with "A
slate and pencil and assigned a position
on the starboard side of the main deck,
where he was constantly in view of the
ships officers, many of whom openly de
clared their belief that the mar was
shamming. All manner of tests were
applied in the latter's case, such as firing
a pistol behind his ear, striking him a
violent blow without ~provocation, and
similar performances INDUCED in Cor the
purpose of causing Lee to, in IN UNI
guarded moment, betray the fact that he
was shamming. But the fellow remained
silent throughout, and would frequently
be detected weeping over his misfortune
Finally he begged the doctor to per-
form any operation the latter might
deem proper in order to restore the or
gans of speech, which request more than
ever confirmed the surgeon in his belief
that the man was the victim of some
battling cerebral disorder, and trepanning
was suggested. The ship, however, had
by this time sighted Key West light, and
it was decided to postpone the operation
until after the vessel had come to anchor.
Arriving at Key West. it was found that
the Colorado was homeward bound, and,
after undergoing a thorough medical
examination, Lee was condemned and
sent north. For a period of six months
the fellow was never heard to utter II
IL
, 1887-04-15
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, 1887-04-15

An old hunter living in the Crazy noun
tains caught a young beaver soon after it
birth and carried it to his cabin, where he
gradually made II great pet Of it. As the
%youngster approached maturity he got tc
building dams, and each morning the
hunter found his cabin floor divided by Il
dam that reached from wall to wall, tho
component parts of which were firewood,
boots articles of clothing and other
movable articles in the house that coult
be reached or transported. To add To the
confusion, Il basin or bucket If water, il
possible, was capsized and flooded over
the floor. This little animal, who had
never seen II stream or n dam to know
eitler, was busily at work engaged IN
doing what his forefathers had done q
thousand years before him. San Fran
cisco Gail.
, 1887-04-15
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Fig Syrup company, San Francisco, Cal ,
is natures own true laxative. This pleas
ant California liquid fruit remedy may be
had of w. n. Hunt. Large bottles at
so cents or one dollar. 1t is the most
pleasant. prompt and effective remedy
known to cleanse the system; to act on
the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet
thoroughly; to dispel headaches. colds and
%ievers; to cure constipation, Indigestion
and kindred ills.